Good morning. If you are looking for English Foundations 5/6 at 8:30,
you are in the right place.
We will get started at 8:30.
Teacher: Al Haley
ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
First name is fine- Al
I will call you by your first name if you don’t mind.
English Foundations 5 & 6 – split class
When you are successful in this class:
EF5 – EF6
EF6- EF7/Composition and Literary Studies 10
EF7/Composition and Literary Studies 10 – taught together, similar courses
Today’s agenda:
1. Zoom classes- link, user name
All of the classes will be on Zoom.
I will post the daily link at 8:15.
You can join the class.
We will start at 8:30 sharp.
2. Class procedures
I will teach about one hour every day- 8:30-9:30.
Then I will give you some homework.
Every I put on this screen will be posted to the blog afterward.
You can check the blog as much as you like.
haleyshec.blogspot.com
Please keep your microphones muted. You are welcome to talk much as you like. When you are not talking, keep your mic muted. This cuts on noise.
Class times- 8:30-9:30, Monday to Friday
Course dates:
November 16 – January 29?
Xmas break – two weeks
3. Overview of course
a. writing
- very important, most important for school, high school, college, university, job, life
Being able to write well is a wonderful gift that you can give to yourself. I can help. I will teach you.
THREE SENTENCE TYPES
-SIMPLE
-COMPOUND
-COMPLEX
I will teach you these in great detail.
PARAGRAPHS- different kinds of paragraphs
- descriptive writing
- narrative writing
- persuasive writing
- process/expository writing
ESSAY – several paragraphs together
b. reading
- short stories
- poems
- news articles
- non-fiction
- No novel for this class
c. listening and speaking
- one hour of me talking
I will speak at a normal pace, slightly slower than if I were talking with my friends.
The class feeling is different. I like to have people in a room, talking with each other, looking at each other.
-speaking- You talk as much as you want. Chime in. Join the conversation. Don’t be shy. Ask as many questions as you want.
“Sorry. I have a question. May I ask a question?” YES!! Don’t be shy.
I will be paying attention to who talks and who is silent.
On Zoom, we are missing visual cues, subtle body language
We will do our best.
4. Quizzes and tests
Marks for this course
- Quizzes: worth about 25%, around 7 or 8 quizzes
sentence work based on grammar we have been learning, six sentences
- Tests: worth about 50%, around 7 or 8 tests
paragraph writing about a story, article, topic of discussion
(150-200 words)
-Essay: worth 20%, probably just one essay at the end of the course
longer writing , several paragraphs, (300-350 words)
-Extras 5%
All quizzes, tests, essays
- timed, deadline will be posted
e.g. “Email me the test by 10:05am.”
I will not accept late work, a few minutes at my discretion
If you need a lot of flexibility with time, self-paced may be a better choice for you.
- test or quiz must be in an attachment
readable by Microsoft Word
.doc .txt .rtf
Googledoc will not work for this class.
If you have MSWord, use that.
If you don’t have MSWord, you can use WordPad on PC.
For Mac, I don’t know.
Attach the file to your email.
Name the file:
Name, Class, Time, Quiz or Test #
e.g. “Sarah ChenEF5P1Quiz1”
- format
All writing must be in English.
It can’t be in Chinese or Russian or Arabic.
Doublespaced
14-16 point font
Sometime students use font that is too small.
Sometime students use font that is too big.
14-16 point font
This is an easily legible font.
This is not an easily legible font.
This is not an easily legible font.
Titled same as email subject line
- Plagiarism and cheating on marked work
5. Email protocols- appropriate email address, subject line
Subject line:
email protocols- appropriate email address, subject line, attachment
“Name, Class, Time, Assessment”
e.g. “Maria Gonzales, EF5, 8:30, Quiz 1”
We will figure it out today and tomorrow.
HW Send me a test email by 9:45am.
ahaley@vsb.bc.ca
Subject Line: “Maria Gonzales, EF5, 8:30, Practice email”
Attach a document with this text:
“This is a test. Can you read my sentences?”
I will respond with a comment.
If you can read my comment, then everything is fine.
If it doesn’t work, we can try something else and figure it out.
What we want is this:
You send me an email with an attachment.
I comment on it and send it back to you.
You open it and read my comments.
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